Sack-baler.



R. L.' EDWARDS.

SACK BALER.

APPLl'cATloN man Nov.1o, 19|5.

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. f2, llwlld.

Application filed November 10, 1915. aerial Ito. 60,661.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT L. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Asher, in the county of Pottawatomie and State ofOklahoma, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Sack- Balers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is'an improvement insack balers, and the invention has forits object 'to provide a device of the character specicross bars 3 atthe tops of the uprights, the

longitudinal bars 2 being extended beyond the uprights l at each end,and the extended ends of the bars 2 are rabbeted to receive the crossbars 3 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The uprights are braced against thebars 2 by inclined braces fl. The top of the frame is open except for atransverse plate or table 5, and the said plate is arranged nearer oneend than the other and at the lower edges of the bars 2.

A series of Hexible members 6 is connected with that end of the frameadjacent to the plate 5, and the free end of each of the said` Flach ofthe members of the series 10 connected at one end to the shaft, and 1sarranged to wind thereon, and the outer end of each of the said membersis provlded with a ring 11. rllhe members of the series 10 cor- -respondin number and arrangement with the members of the series 6 and they arespaced apart from each other at the same distance as the members 6 arespaced apart, and the hook of each of the members 6 is adapted to engagethe ring 11 of the adjacent member 10.

lt will be noticed from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3, that each member6-is connected to an eye 12 on the adjacent cross bar 3, and means isprovided for rotating the 'shaft 8 to wind upl the members 10. 'llheshaft or roller 8 has its ends extended beyond the longitudinal bars 2,and a collar 13 is adjustably connected with one end of the rolleroutside of the frame by Vmeans of a set screw 1A. Agear Wheel or ratchetwheel 15 is secured to the other end of the shaft in any suitablemanner, and a pawl 17 coperates with the gear or ratchet Wheel toprevent reverse rotation of the shaft or roller. A hand wheel 18 issecured to the shaft outslde of the gear or ratchet wheel, and by meansof the hand wheel the shaft may be turned.

The bags or sacks 26 to be baled are arranged one upon the other on theplate 5, but before the bags are placed on the plat/e or table 5, theflexible members 6 and 10 are arranged as shown in Fig. 2. Fach of theflexible members 6'is laid across the upper face of the plate 5 with thehook 7 depending on the opposite side of the plate from the eye l2 ofthe flexible member. The Hexible members 10 are arranged transversely ofthe plate with the rings 11, depending on the opposite side of the platefrom the shaft or roller 8. The bags are now laid on the exible membersas indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the depending ends of theflexible members' are brought up over the pile of bags and the hook 'E'of each Hexible member 6 is en aged with the ring ll of the adjacentflexib e member 10. The wheel 16 is now turned in a direction to wind upthe flexible membersl 10 on the roller'8, and as -the tension on thedexible members increases the bundle of bags will take the cylindricalformshown in Fig. 3, and the bags will be tightly compressed into abale. After the bags have been suitably compressed the pawl 19 preventsreverse rotation of the roller, holding the bundle of'bags in compactform until the bale may be secured in the position shown by means of tieropes, cords, wires, or the like. VAfter the bundle or bale has beentied 'the pawl 17 is released, and the shaft 8 is rotated reverselysucient to permit the disengagement of the hooks from the ring. Theflexible members are now the connection of the ends of the flexiblemembers 6 and 10, when the bale is compressed as shown in Fig. 3, itwill be lifted o' the plate 5, so that the placing of the binding cordsis facilitated.-

I claim: K c

A sack baler, comprising a frame, a series of flexible members securedat one end to one side of the frame, a roller journaled at the oppositeside, a series of flexible members secured at one end to the roller andWinding thereon, a supportin plate for the sacks to be baled arrangedetween the roller and the opposite side of the frame and spaced apartfrom the roller and from the said opposite side of the frame, theflexible ened.

RCBERT LEE EDWARDS.

Witnesses:v

J oHN W. BENNETT, JOHN B. GLANDENBURG.

